August 31, 2016
Posts Categorized: Eco-Justice
December 11, 2015
Different Gifts, One Body
1 Corinthians 12: 4 Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; 5 and there are varieties of services, but the same Lord; 6 and there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God who activates all of them in everyone. Gary Payton as part of the witness for African cyclists for climate… Read more »
November 13, 2015
Paris Lies Ahead: the UN Convention on Climate Change (COP21)
October 23, 2015
Powerful Faith Statement on Final Clean Power Plan!
October 22, 2015
St. Francis of Assisi Celebration at Parroquia San Jose
Rev. Neddy Astudillo regularly incorporates caring for all creation in worship at Parroquia San Jose, a Lutheran and PCUSA congregation in Beloit, WI. This fall, the congregation included a celebration of Saint Francis of Assisi. Neddy writes, “We had a rehabilitated pelican at church. He came to talk to us about Climate change and storms,… Read more »
October 16, 2015
People’s Climate Marches Oct 2015
2015 has been and promises to continue to be a key year in organizing for climate action and climate justice, in the United States and around the world. It has been a rich time of reflection adn action, with Pope Francis’ papal encyclical in June, Pope Francis’ visit to the United States this fall (here… Read more »
October 14, 2015
Blessings of the Ways We Get to Work
Today people all across the country in over 200 people’s climate gatherings–will march to ask for meaningful climate action. Today is the middle day of the Food Week of Action, connected to World Food Day. And, today, employees of the PC(USA) gathered at the national offices of 100 Witherspoon St, Louisville, KY to bless bikes,… Read more »
July 15, 2015
First Presbyterian Tallahassee: Carbon Neutrality, Solar Panels, and “Fossil Free”
Reflections from Brant S. Copeland, Pastor, First Presbyterian Church, Tallahassee, FL. www.oldfirstchurch.org I have been serving as pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Tallahassee for almost 30 years. Throughout my pastorate our congregation has been deeply engaged in environmental stewardship. In 2006 our Session responded to the General Assembly’s call to… Read more »
June 26, 2015
Gender, Race, Environment: Ecowomanism
How do gender and race relate to an environmental ethic? The connection between women and the earth is often seen as both empowering and paradoxical. Because of the hierarchical dualisms that function normatively in Christian and Western thought (i.e. spirit vs. body, male vs. female, heaven vs. earth), there are many ways in which the feminine has been devalued within the tradition. At the same time, the connection that women have with the earth has often been celebrated. For example, a parallel is often drawn between an image of a woman as creator, (creative producer of ideas, thoughts, ethical systems, agency, communities, children, adopted children, space, food) and the earth as a “mother” who also creates.
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May 26, 2015
On behalf of the Lummi Nation and Northwest Native Tribes
Submitted by Jessie Dye, Program and Outreach Director, Earth Ministry and Washington Interfaith Power and Light Rev. Holly Hallman, Presbyterian teaching elder in the Seattle area, last week delivered a letter from PC(USA) to the Army Corps of Engineers on behalf of the Lummi Nation and Northwest Native Tribes in a public ceremony… Read more »